| US 7,477,899 B2 | ||
| Integrating rate or power control with scheduling of reverse link wireless transmissions in a handoff zone | ||
| Subramanian Vasudevan, Morristown, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/40,368. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0166673 A1, Jul. 27, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—439 [455/522] | 30 Claims |
| 1. A method for controlling a wireless transmission in a handoff zone, the method comprising:
receiving a schedule grant selectively from a first base station sector of a multiplicity of base station sectors in an active
set of a mobile station; and
receiving a rate control command concurrently at said mobile station from a second base station sector of said active set
that did not provide said schedule grant; and
determining at least one of a rate level and a power level based on a precedence, the precedence being given to said schedule
grant over said rate control command in a dedicated rate control mode and the precedence being given to said rate control
command over said schedule grant in a common rate control mode.
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